As a team, Dickinson finished in the top spots on the boys and girls side with 47 and 82 points, respectively, during the season opener on Saturday.

“I’m very ecstatic about the start we had both on the boys and girls side,” Jung said. “The kids lined up on a really tough course and our kids really performed well.”

Dickinson senior Jackson Binstock led the team with a first-place finish on a course which was labelled extreme. Binstock braved the hills, water, mud and rain with a time of 17-minutes, 32-seconds, which was more than a minute faster than the runner-up.

The Midgets’ two new transfers — senior James Smith and junior Dakota Mansfield, who goes to school in New England — made a quick impact. Smith finished seventh (19:45), while Mansfield placed ninth (20:31). Dickinson had five runners place in the top 20.

“It seemed like for (Binstock) it was pretty effortless,” Jung said. “He was in the zone and he felt real comfortable. The newcomers were terrific too. It was real impressive showing by the boys.”

On the girls side, sophomore Elizabeth Yoder and senior Emily Tyrrell finished third and fourth for the Midgets. Yoder ended with a time of 16:36 and Tyrrell posted 17:06.

Dickinson had five runners place in the top 30 and of those runners four are sophomores or younger.

“We were really happy to see what some of these younger girls could do,” Jung said. “They really performed well. It was really nice to see.”

The Midgets have two weeks before their next meet, which is the Becki Wells Invitational at 9 a.m. on Sept. 6 at Heart River Golf Course.